On Sunday February 17, 2013, 11.6 milions of Ecuadorian citizens went to the ballot boxes, and exercised their right to vote. According to the latest exit polls, President Rafael Correa has been re-elected.

The country's vicepresident, as well as 137 representives to the National Assembly and five representives to the Andean Parliament, were also elected. The smooth election journey started at 07:00 and ended at 17:00.

Newspaper El Comercio[1] [es], however, reported that Domingo Paredes, the chairman of the Electoral Board, said there was an attempt to breach the system, that will be used to compile voter information at a national level.

On Twitter the hashtag #EleccionesEC[2] [elections Ecuador], was used to circulate the unofficial results: